Ticket issuing machine



Aug. 22, 1944. H. HELsEL TICKET IssUING MACHINE Filed Nov. 14, 1942 SSheetSf-Sheetli Aug. 22, 1944. R. H. HELsEI.

- TICKET ISSUING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 14, 1942 Aug. 22, 1944.

.'Illllllllllly R. H. HELSIEL TICKET `ISSUING MACHINE Filed Nov. 14, 1942'V s sheets-sheet s MMA Patented Aug. 22, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TICKET ISSUING MACHINE Reuben H. Helsel, Long Island City, N. Y., assignor to General Register Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application November 14, 1942, Serial No. 465,544

12 claims. (c1. isi- 49) This invention relates to a ticket issuing machine, and more particularly to the type of machine which is hand, rather than motor, actuated, though features of the invention are equally applicable to power driven machines.

Hand actuated ticket machines are in demand where there is desired a less expensive ticket issuing machine than those of power driven type or where portability, as in the case of circuses, country fairs, etc., is a necessary feature of the machine. Such machines depend for their power upon the movement of the hand, and heretofore a major objection thereto has been the amount of work necessary to accomplish a ticket issuing operation, the hand operated lever or the equivalent requiring not only the exertion of considerable force, but movement through a substantial distance. In mechanisms heretofore constructed, the

expenditure of considerable energy was necessary v when the tickets were to lbe issued with the rapidity necessary for satisfactory dispensing.

The broad object of the present invention is the provision cf a machine of the hand operated type in which, as compared with the former machines, there is a minimum of work to be accomplished by the operator lby reduction to a minimum not only of the force to be exerted, but of the path through which this force must be caused to act. At the same time, the machine is so designed as to issue tickets very rapidly, the number issued in a single cycle of operation depending upon the manipulation of suitable keys accompanied by only a very slight movement of light parts, so that a very light touch upon the keys is suicient.

These general objects of the invention, together with other objects, particularly relating to details of construction and operation, will become apparent from the following description, read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section taken immediately inside the right hand cover plate of the machine frame as viewed by the operator, the section being taken on the plane indicated at I-I in Figures and 6;

Figure 2 is a similar section viewed in the same direction, but taken on a vertical plane to the left of an intermediate supporting plate of the frame, the section being taken on the plane indicated at 2-2 in Figures 5 and 6;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing certain of the elements directly associated with the ticket feed;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical section taken 55' on the plane the trace of which is indicated at 4 4 in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the plane the trace of which is indicated at 5 5 in Figure .1; and

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the plane the trace of which is indicated at 6 5 in Figure 1.

In the use of ticket issuing machines of the ltype of that shown in the present application,

there are generally a plurality of units containing the mechanical operating parts arranged side by side in a housing or secured beneath a counter or the like. Inasmuch as such units are substantial or actual duplicates of each other and differ generally only in the ticket stock they handle, the present description will be limited to a single unit, it being understood that such unit may be removably associated with others in a suitable casing or other support. In the present instancel even more so than in the case of power driven machines, which are generally actuated by a common motor, the units are completely independent, being connected, if at all, solely by vsupporting strips or rods and perhaps so arranged as to be simultaneously locked.

The unit which is illustrated in the drawings comprises a frame consisting primarily of side plates 2 and an intermediate supporting plate 3, which plates are joined by various transverse members serving to hold them together and to serve as supports for such elements as the keys. The frame is, in fact, of generally conventional character heretofore used in units of this sort, the mechanism being confined as far as possible within a iiat space save for those elements which must be transversely extended for the purpose of cooperation with the ticket strip or to provide the proper necessary spacing for the keys.

The selection of the number of tickets to be issued, if more than one, is to be issued in a single operation, is effected by the manipulation of keys 4, provided with downwardly extending stems 6 about which are located individual springs 8 arranged to urge the keys upwardly, the keys being guided in a transverse plate l0 and the lower ends of the stems being guided in a transverse plate I2. In the present instance, four of these keys are indicated, designed for the respective issue of two, three, four and five tickets. No manipulation of a key is necessary if one ticket is to be issued in a cycle of operation.

A Each of the key stems is provided With a laterally extending pin I4 projecting through an ining urged to the left, as viewed in Figure 2, by

the spring '24. The'forward and lower edge rof this slide is provided' with a group of laterally extending ears 25 arranged at angles with respect to the paths of movement of the pins I4,

and, as will be evident from Figure 2, adapted*` to be cammed by such pins as they move downwardly during the actuation-of the keys.: The arrangement is such that, as akey is depressed, its pin I4, by engagement with the corresponding ear 25, will cause the slide 20to move to the right. Thereafter, upon clearing the ear, which occurs just as the pin I4 is arrested at the bottom of its slot I6, the pin will be held in lowered position by reason of the fact that the slide will move to the left under the action of spring 24, bringing the ear above the depressed pin to hold it in lowered position. The slide 20 is provided at its rear end with a turned portion 28 arranged to be engaged by a lever 3| for the purpose hereafter described.

Pivoted at 35 to the lever 3|, which in turn is pivoted to the frame at 33, is a lever 32, which is provided with a series of steps 34 individually located beneath the pins I4. The rear portion of this lever, indicated at 36, is provided with a series of steps 38 of the form indicated, the successive steps being substantially angularly spaced about the center 30. A spring 40, secured at one end to the lever 32 and at the other end to the frame, serves to urge the lever in a clockwise direction as viewedl in Figure 2.

A rack 42 is provided with a pin 44 extending through a slot 46 inthe left hand side plate of the machine. This rack carries a laterally extending pawl 48 which, as will be described hereafter, is designed to engage selectively the steps 38. At is rear end, the rack 42 is pivoted at 50 to a link 52, the forward end of which is pivoted at 53 to a lever 54 p-ivoted to the frame at 56 and provided with a cam slot 58, of the form illustrated in Figure 2, within which there is located one of a pair of rollers 50 mounted on a transverse pin 62 carried by the lever 64, which is jo-urnalled upon a transverse pin 66. The rollers 60 are guided, to secure necessary rigidity, in arcuate slots 68 and l0 in the intermediate plate and the left-hand side plate 2, the rollers being duplicated merely to reduce friction inasmuch as they tend to rotate differentially. The second of these rollers operates within a cam slot 80, illustrated in Figure 2, formed in the forward arm of a lever 16 pivoted at 'I8 in the frame.

The lever 64, which is provided by two duplicate members, carries a transverse element 'I2 engageable by the fingers of the machine operator. As will be evident hereafter, the operation of the machine except for the selection of the number of tickets to be issued, is effected entirely by reason of the energy imparted by the lever 64.

The rearwardly and upwardly extending portion of the lever 'I6 is connected at 82 through a pivot and slot arrangement to a member 64, which is journalled upon a transverse pin 86 extending through the plate 3. To a pin 88, carried by the member 84, there is secured one end of a heavywire spring 90, the other end of which is secured to a member 92 through which projects a pin 94. This pin 94 extends through a clearance opening 95 in the plate 3 and on the right hand side of that plate carries a square block 95 and is secured to a lever |20, which is journalled on the pin 86, on which, as pointed out above, the member 84 is also journalled. The left handv portion of the pin 94 is` arranged to engage a cam'surface |04 of a lever. |00, mounted lupon 'a iixed pivot |02 and arranged at its forward end |06 to engage the rack 42 to forcel the latter upwardly into contact with a fixed guide |08 engaged by the rack when its teeth mesh with those of a pinion l I The lever 3| to which reference has heretofore been made,.is connected to a lever ||4 by means of a link ||2, a pin ||3 joining the lever |4 and link I2. This lever ||4 is pivoted at ||5 to the frame and carries a hook H6 engageable with the square member 96 carried by the pin 94. An ear ||8 extending to the right from the lever ||4 has a function which will be described hereafter.

Pivoted to the upper end of the lever |20 is a member |22 which is slotted at its forward end to embrace a movable knife |24 guided to slide in contact with a xed knife |26, the movable knife being urged downwardly into proper shearing relationship with the i'ixed knife by means of a link |28 acted upon by a spring |30.

Secured to the pinion ||0 is a gear |34 which meshes with a pinion |36 forming a part of a unitary assembly indicated in Figure 3. This assembly, which is journalled upon a transverse pin |38, carries a plate |40 provided with ears |42 arranged to be engageable by a detent |32 formed on an arm of the lever |29 and also by the ear ||8 carried by the lever I|4. A hub |44, which is also arranged to be journalled upon the pin |38, has secured to it a pinwheel |46, provided, in the instance illustrated, with live pins arranged to engage holes in a conventional perforated ticket strip. The pinwheel has mounted therein a threaded pin |44 provided with a hexagonal head |48 and arranged to be clamped in adjusted position in the pinwheel by a nut |50.

The head |48 carries an eccentric pin |52 engageable within a radial slot |54 in the plate |40. By adjustment of the head |48 and the clamping of it and its associated parts in lxed position, a ne angular adjustment of the pinwheel |45 with respect to the plate |40 and the pinion |36 may be secured for the purpose of insuring the proper alignment of the tickets with the knives at the time of severance. A fine adjustment of this sort is desirable inasmuch as it is otherwise diflicult to insure a suicient accuracy of the transverse cutting of the strip between tickets.

Another pinion |55, carried by the assembly illustrated in Figure 3, serves to drive through an idler gear |56 a gear |58 secured to the shaft |60 of a counter |62 arranged to indicate the number of tickets issued.

The ticket engaging pins of the pinwheel |46 pass through a slot between ticket strip guides |53 against which the ticket strip is held by the weight of a pivoted member |51. The ticket strip is guided between the members |53 and |51 through a guide |59 suitably positioned for threading. The guiding and feeding arrangements are of conventional type.

A unit lock is provided in the form of a lever |64 pivoted to the frame at |65 and provided with a cam surface |68 arranged to engage the f lower side of a'pin |10 carried by the lever 3| when the locking lever is locked in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 1, by the operators pulling forwardly upon the end |66 thereof.

Prior to the issue of a ticket, the parts of Lthe machine will be in the positions illustrated in the drawings. To make clear the operation of the machine, there will be described the issue oftwo tickets.

The operator, in order to issue two tickets, must depress the key suitable therefor, which happens in the present instance to be that associated with the most forward key stem 6, indicated atthe left of Figure 1. As the key moves down, its pin I4, by engagement with the corresponding ear 26, will push the slide 26 against the tension of spring 24 and thereafter clear the ear 26 as it reaches the lower end of its slot I6, so that the slide may be pulled back by the spring 24 to such position that the ear will overlie the pin and hold it in depressed position. As the pin reaches its lowermost position in which it is thus held, it will serve to rock the lever 32 about its pivot 36 to such extent as to locate the second step 36 on the lever 32 in the path of the projecting member 48, the corresponding step 34 engageable by the pin being so located, having .regard to the radial distance from the pivot 36, that this result is accomplished. The operations so far described predetermine the issue of two tickets. It will be evident that only light weightt parts are caused thus to lmove by the key, with the result that depression of the key requires no substantial eiort.

The operator then engages the member '|2 on the lever 64 and depresses the same to the extent permitted by the subsequent operations.

As will be evident from Figures 1 and 2, the initial portion of the cam groove 58 is substantially concentric with the pin 66 on which the lever 64 rocks. Accordingly, during the initial portion of the down stroke of the lever, no movement will be imparted to the lever 54.

On the other hand, the initial portion of the cam slot 86 formed in the lever 16 is substanitially eccentric with respect to the pin 66, so that, during the initial movement of lever 64 the lever 16 is rocked in a clockwise direction."

Through the connection at 82, this results in a counterclockwise movement of the member 84. The pin 94 is restrained from rearward movement b y reason of engagement of the block 96 by the hook H6 of the detent lever H4'. As a consequence, as the member 84 rocks and the pin 88 is moved rearwardly, the spring 96 is placed under additional compression which, as will be pointed out later, serves to elect actuation of the knife.

As soon as this stressing of the spring 96 is completed, the roller 69 will enter the rear portion of the cam slot 86 which, when the lever 16 is in its newly assumed position, will be substantially concentric with the pin 66 so that lever 16 is not thereafter moved, though it is locked in its position by reason of the location of the roller 66 in the cam slot. At substantially the time the roller enters this concentric portion of the cam slot 86, the other roller 66 will engage the non-concentric portion of the cam slot 53, causing the lever 54 to rock in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 2. Through the link 52 there is thus imparted to the rack 42 a rearward movement. At this time, the rack will be in mesh with the pinion ||6 by reason of the fact that the pin 94, occupying a forward position, will the levers 64.

engage the upper end of the cam surface |64 on the lever |66, which will thereby be caused to bear at |66 against the lower edge of the rack,-

serving to cause it to move in a path dened by the end |66 and the xed guide |68. As the rack moves to the right, the pinwheel |46 will be rotated in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 1, to effect movement of the ticket strip along the guides and through the open space between the xed and movable knives.

This uninterrupted movement of the rack continues until the pawl 46 carried by the rack engages the second tooth from the left of the group indicated at 38, formed on the lever 32, which tooth has, by reason of the key selection, been located in the pawls path. As soon as thepawl engages this tooth, the lever 32 will be pulled to the right against the action of the spring 46 and will carry with it the lever 3| `to the extent of imparting a slight co-unterclockwise movement to this lever. Through the link ||2 this counter clockwise movement is imparted to the lever ||4 which, in the first part of its movement, will carry the ear ||8 into the path of one of the ears |42 carried by the plate |46, to insure arresting the latter to prevent overrun, this arrest taking place after the movement of the pinwheel corresponding to the projection of the length of two tickets of the strip past the cutting plane. movement of the lever |4 serves to raise the hook ||6 out of engagement with the block 96 carried by the pin 64. Immediately, the spring 96 will snap the pin 94 rearwardly, causing rocking of the lever |26, which will iirst move its end |32 behind one of the ears |42 and then, in the same rapid motion, cause the movable knife |24 to sever the strip. It may be pointed out that these actions occur during a very small part of the movement of the lever 64, and while having a denlte order of succession, occur in a very small time interval, with the result that the pinwheel is brought to rest and locked therein against both forward and reverse rotation prior to the cutting stroke of the movable knife, the position of rest of the pinwheel being accurately defined by two successive ears |42 located between the elements l 8 and |32 `acting as stops. The issue of the two tickets severed from the ticket strip is thus accomplished during the downward movement of The downward movement of this lever is arrested at substantially the moment of tripping the lever I4 by reason of engagement of the pin ||3 between the link ||2l and lever ||4` with the end of the slot in the plate 3 through which it projects. As the lever 3| moves, it engages the ear 28 onthe slide 26, moving the slide to the right so as to release the depressed key for upward movement under the action of its spring 8. By the time this release occurs, the pawl 43 will have engaged the proper step, so that it is no longer necessary to have the key remain in depressed position. l

The various parts are restored to initial condition upon release Yof the lever 64, the lever being returned under the action of its spring T4, which is of suiilcient strength to overcome friction. In the first part of the return movement, the lever 54 will be rocked counterclockwise, pulling with it, through the link connection 52, the rack 42. At this time, the pinwheel will remain locked against rotation in both forward and reverse directions, and consequently cannot be moved 'by the rack. The lever |66, however', will have new been released by the pin 94 so that its left hand Aend lmayrock downwardly.y Theteeth of the The further pinionl I-I vact as camson the teeth of the rack 42, and as a forward pull is imparted to the rack, it will be cammed downwardly, out of mesh with the teeth, rocking the lever IUD downwardly. It is found that this cam action is quite sufcient and smooth so that it is unnecessary to provide any spring for normally urging the rack 42 downe wardly out of mesh.- As the rack moves to the left, its pawl 48 will clear the tooth, or more generally, the teeth, 38, and the lever 32 will be restored'to its clockwise position under the action of the spring 48. The action of this spring will also tend to pull the pivot 38 to the left. However, the action in this respect is limited by reason of the fact that the hook II6 will now ride upon the block 96.

At the time the roller S enters the concentric portion of the cam slot 58, the rack 42 will have been returned to its initial position.

At approximately the time when the roller enters the concentric portion of the slot 58, it will enter the eccentric portion of the cam slot 80, rocking the lever 'I6 in a counterclockwise direction. As this occurs, the member 84 will be rocked clockwise. At the time tripping occurred, the pin 94 moved to the extreme rear of the slot 98 in the member 84, exerting its residual pressure between the pin 88 and the right hand end of the slot. It will be noted, therefore, that the forces exerted` by the spring merely tend to tension the member 84 between the end of the slot and the pin, but do not serve to impart any stress to move the member relative to any other part of the mechanism. It follows, therefore, that the spring 90 offers no restraint whatever to the clockwise movement of the lever 84, being merely carried thereby. As the spring 96 thus moves with the member 84, the lever I 20 is rocked clockwise to retract the movable knife and also to retract its stop portion I32 from the path of the ears |42. To eiect this result, the roller 6I), acting in the cam slct 80, need do no more than overcome incidental friction.

As the pin 9U reaches its extreme forward posi tion, the hook or detent I I6 may drop behind the block 98, with a resulting clockwise movement of the lever I I4, causing the ear I I8 to clear the path of the ears |42. This action occurs due to spring 4D, which simultaneously restores the lever 3| to its initial position. At the same time, slide 20 is released so as to be in position to effect key locking action. Thus. when the lever 64 reaches its uppermost position, all of the parts are restored to initial position, ready for a subsequent cycle of operation.

The operations for the issue of three, four or live tickets are essentially identical with the operation just described, with the exception that the pawl 48 will engage other teeth 38 successively more remote from its initial position, so that the rack 42 will have a stroke the length of which will depend upon the key selectively depressed and which will, in turn, eiect the issue of the corresponding number of tickets prior to the arrest of the pinwheel and the cutting action.

In the case of the issue of a single ticket, it is not necessary to depress any key, but the first action may be the depression of the lever 64. As will be evident from Figure 2, in the initial position of the parts, the pawl 48 will substantially engage the most forward tooth 38. The parts are so designed that the movement imparted to the rack prior to tripping of the knife is, in this case, only sufcient to issue a single ticket.

It will be evident from the above descriptionv of the operation why the mechanism produces the issue of av ticket with a minimum exertion of work by the operator. The two operations requiring the exertion of power are not simult-aneous, but rather successive, i. e., stress is imparted to the spring 90 before the exertion of the .effort to issue the desired length of ticket strip. The issuing of the strip, furthermore, is effected directly .by manual operation, and the stressing of the spring 90 need, therefore, only be such as to store up the necessary energy to effect positive actuation of the knife. The spring I4 against the tension of which the lever 64 must be moved, need only be sufficiently strong to overcome the incidental frictionv and weight of the parts which, in the present case, is very slight. As contrasted with prior machines, this spring or its equivalent is not' required to restore any part against spring tension, the spring being restored to its initial position as a unit with the member 84.

It may be noted that the pinwheel is not free to rotate during the normal non-operating condition of the machine, inasmuch as the pinion III) is then in mesh with the rack 42, which cannot move in view of the engagement of a roller 60 in the concentric portion of the cam slot 58. It will be evident that the various leverages involved preclude any possibility of movement of the lever 64 by any forces imparted to the pinwheel `I46, either through the ticket Vstrip or otherwise.

On the other hand, short of the tripping condition, the operator may, if alert, correct a mistake in view of the fact that, upon a partial downward and then reverse movement of' the lever 6'4, the pin wheel may be rotated'rst forwardly and then backwardly. On the other4 hand, it is impossible to project thickets in this i fashion, tear them off, and then restore the parts to initial position without recording the issue of tickets on'the counter, inasmuch as, upon the complete lrestoration of the machine,

' the pinwheel will lose engagement with the ticket strip. If, therefore, the locking of the ticket supply cabinet be kept under the control of a manager or supervisor, it is impossible for the machine operator to issue an unrecorded ticket without that facts becoming noticeable.

The locking of the machanism is effected asv indicated by the movement of the lever |64. By such movement of the lever in a counterclockwise direction, the surface |68 is caused to move the pin |10 upwardly only to such extent as will cause the ear II8 to move in front of the adjacent ear |42 of the pinwheel, without effecting release of the pin 94. As a result of the locking of the pinwheel, it will be evident that the motion of the lever 64 will be stopped as soon as it reaches a position to move the rack 42. As a result, no further events in the cycle may occur.' When the lock is released, the spring 40 will move the lever 3| suiiiciently to cause the ear I I8 to clear the path of movement of the ears 142.

It will be noted that the locking arrangement a rearward movement of the bar 28 to release the key previously depressed.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: 1.` A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket i strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means, means for severing tickets from the strip comprising a spring arranged to effect the severing operation, and a member bodily carrying said spring but relative to which at least one extremity of said spring is movable, actuating means,

and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and severing means such that, upon operation of the actuating means, said spring is rst stressed so as to be in condition for effecting a severing operation, the feeding means is then actuated to feed the ticket strip, and the severing means is then caused to sever the ticket strip, said spring being thereafter carried bodily by said member during restoration of .the parts to original position.

2. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticke strip guiding means, Iticket strip feeding means, means for severingtickets from the strip, means for determining the number of tickets to be issued in a cycle of operation, actuating means, and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and severing means, the connections between the actuatingmeans and the feeding means comprising a pinion and a rack for driving said pinion, said rack being releasable from said pinion, and means whereby said rack effects operation of the severing means at the completion of the feeding of the predetermined number of tickets.

3. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means, means for severing tickets from the strip, means for determining the number of tickets to be issued in a cycle of operation, actuating means, and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and severing means, the connections between the actuating means and the feeding means comprising a pinion and a rack for driving said pinion, said rack being releasable from said pinion, and means whereby said rack effects operation of the severing means at the completion of the feeding of the predetermined number of tickets, and simultaneously eff ects its release from said pinion.

4. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means, means for determining the number of tickets to be issued in a cycle of operation, actuating means, and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and severing means, the connections between the actuating means and the feeding means comprising a pinion and a rack for driving said pinion in opposite directions during meshing thereof, said rack being releasable from said pinion, and means whereby said rack effects its release from said pinion at the completion of the feeding of the predetermined number of tickets.

5. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip guiding means, and ticket strip feeding means comprising a pinwheel for engaging openings in a ticket strip and an actuating member therefor, and means for adjusting the position of the pinwheel relative to said actuating member, the last named means comprising an eccentric pin and slot connection between the pinwheel and member.

6. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means, means for severing tickets from the strip, oscillatory, manually operable actuating means having forward and reverse strokes in the complete cycle of operation of the machine, and connections between the actuating means and the feedthe ticket strip.

ing and severing means such that, during operation of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means `is rst placed in condition for operating,v the feeding .means is thereafter positively advanced. to anextent depending upon the extent of movement of the actuating'means to feed the ticket strip', and at substantially the end of movement of the actuating means in its for- .ward stroke the severing meansis caused to sever 7. A ticketissuingmachine comprising ticket -strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means,

means for severingvtickets from the strip, oscillatory, manually operable actuating means having forward and reverse` strokes in the complete cycle of operation ofthe machine, means for predetermining the extent of the forward stroke of the actuating means, and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and sever- `movement of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is caused to sever the ticket strip.

8. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means, means for severing tickets from the strip comprising a spring arranged to effect the severing operation, oscillatory, manually operable actuating means having forward and reverse strokes in the complete cycle of operation of the machine, and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and severing means such that, during operation of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is first placed in condition for operating by stressing said spring, the feeding means is thereafter positively advanced to an extent depending upon the extent of movement of the actuating means to feed the ticket strip, and at substantially the end of movement of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is caused to sever the ticket strip.

9. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means, means for severing tickets from the strip comprising a spring arranged to effect the severing operation, oscillatory, manually operable actuating means having forward and reverse strokes in the complete cycle of operation of the machine, means for predetermining the extent of the forward stroke of the actuating means, and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and severing means such that, during operation of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is first placed in condition for operating by stressing said spring, the feeding means is thereafter positively advanced to an extent depending upon the extent of movement of the actuating means to feed the ticket strip as determined by said predetermining means, and at substantially the end of movement of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is caused to sever the ticket strip.

10. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means, means for severing tickets from the strip, actuating means having forward and reverse strokes in the complete cycle of operation of the ma- 'chine, and connections between lthe actuating means and the feeding and severing means such that, during operation of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is first placed in condition for operating, the feeding i means is thereafter positively advanced to an extent depending upon the extent of movement of.

the actuating means to feed the ticket strip, and at substantially the end of movement of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing `means is caused to sever the ticket strip, said 'of the machine, and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and severing means such that, during operation of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is first placed in condition for operating by stressing said spring, the feeding means is thereafter positively advanced to an extent depending upon the extent of movement of the actuating means to feed the ticket'strip, and at substantially the end of movement of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is caused to sever the ticket strip, said connections comprising a plurality of successively operating cam devices for effecting said succession of operations.

12. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip guiding means, ticket strip feeding means, means for locking said feeding means to prevent movement of the ticket strip, means'for severing tickets from the strip, actuating means having forward and reverse strokes in the complete cycle of operation of the machine, and connections between the actuating means and the feeding and severing means such that, during operation of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is first placed in condition for operating, the feeding means is thereafter positively advanced to an extent depending upon the extent of movement of the actuating means to feed the ticket strip, said locking means is rendered effective, and at substantially the end of movement of the actuating means in its forward stroke the severing means is caused to sever the ticket strip.

REUBEN H. HELSEL. 

